1993 Diamond Marks Inserts Terry Smith Collection

Card Manufacturer: Colla Collection

Card Set: Diamond Marks - Bookmarkers by Terry Smith

Year: 1993

Card Number: NNO

Card Type: Base

These cards were inserted into packs of Diamond Marks Bookmarkers, And they fell one per 48 count box.  You might recognize the art work from the 1991 and 1992  Fleer Baseball Provisions insert.  The artist is Terry Smith, who produced a lot of art for Fleer sets in the 90's. You can see his website HERE.

The set consists of only 8 players and the Standard Catalog has these priced pretty high. The whole set books for about $50. Yeah I know, I don't put much value in book value, but it's just a guide folks. I guess falling one per box is a pretty decent hit.

1993 Diamond Marks

Card Manufacturer: Colla Collection

Card Set: Diamond Marks 

Year: 1993

Card Number: NNO

Card Type: Base

If you're like me, you like reading. And when you stop reading you need to mark your page. Sure you can dog ear a page or lay the book open, but most of us like using bookmarks. And what better way to mark you page than with a bookmark featuring a baseball star in 1993?  

Well Barry Colla made that possible with his Diamond Marks.  These were marketed as bookmarks not baseball cards, but lets be honest, they're baseball cards. Around the same time we saw the return of the tall boy format cards with Gameday Football and Basketball and widevision cards. These really were no different and we knew it.  I don't ever remember seeing these on the shelves and they only came out in 1993. They are sharp looking cards though. Great photography, book theme on the back.

There are 120 cards in the set and there are  Terry Smith Art card inserts falling about one per box. However none of the cards are numbered. So most checklists have these cards numbered how they fall alphabetically. Sometimes you see them grouped by team and numbered.  The Standard Catalog has this as number 93, COMC has it listed as 119.

Barry Colla put out other sets in the early nineties as well. The Standard Catalog list 13 other issues not counting the Diamond Marks, mainly postcards.